Is the Ability to Interpret Events Lost
Is the ability of students and the general public to comprehend a debate to understand the actual intent being lost? If the debate from District 214 and the supposed attempt to ban books is any indication, the answer is yes. Below are excerpts from the Daily Herald Opinion Section. Teens’ interest in book debate [...]
Would You Like To Save Money On Your Property Taxes?
NOTE: If anyone is interested in helping me pass out flyers around the district please use the email link on the right top to contact me. Your help would be much appreciated. I will keep a link to this article at the top of my blog until the Grayslake Elementary Board makes their final decision [...]
Underage Drinking at Rockford School Board Presidents House
I have attempted to contact Rockford School Board President Nancy Kalchenbrenner to no avail. This is the evidence I have discovered to date from my discovery of the story earlier today. If I do get in contact, I will update this story. Below is some of the evidence provided to me and in my research [...]
Rockford School Board MySpace Scandal
There is a breaking story concerning the Rockford School Board President, Nancy Kalchbrenner. At the school board meeting this week WTVO.com reported that Rockford Schools are looking into doing something similar to what Libertyville/Vernon Hills has done in response to Blog posting. Excerpts below: “This other district is doing it and we might want [...]
Tax Breaks for Business
The News-Sun and the Daily Herald both have new articles about Grayslake trying to get the school districts in the area to abate bonds to help attract businesses to the Central Range Project. I am also glad to see others finally discussing this. I first mentioned this back in February. The subject came up [...]
Student Faces Expulsion for Web Post
Here is a prime example of what is very likely to happen in Libertyville/Vernon Hills with there new rules on the possibility of disciplinary action for blog posts. A student in Plainfield, IL is facing expulsion for a web post in which he said he was being bullied by the school district. School districts and [...]
America: Banned From Public Schools
What are our Public Government Schools coming to. First they ban the American Flag, albeit for only a day, and now they are banning the use of America and Americans to describe us. (Hat tip: Michael Savage) Censoring the word “America” from our own schools is something Josef Stalin, Adolf Hitler and Osama bin [...]
Zion-Benton Flag Ban Update
For those of you have questions and want to make statements about how the banning of the Confederate Flags became the banning of all flags including the American Flag on Cinco de Mayo at Zion-Benton Highschool please attend the school board meeting tonight at the Highschool. If you need a refresher on what took place, [...]
Blagojevich Gambles For Schools
Governor Blagojevich was able to keeps the competition down in his re-election bid. He is going to sell or lease the State Lottery to fund schools. The pressure to do something was brought on by State Senator Meeks, who has been threatening to run for Governor as a third party candidate. The pressure worked preventing [...]
Summer Band Lessons
Are your kids in the band at school? Are you looking for summer lessons? Then I have some news for you. The Music Director at Saint Joseph’s School, Jamie Dixon, is giving summer lessons. Here are the details: St. Joseph 118 N. Lincoln Ave. Round Lake, IL 60073 Summer Band ($50) – 9-10 am [...]
